Gaston County

MULTIRACIAL PROFILE

The 2000 Census questionnaire was the first to allow respondents to select more than one race
. Nationwide, approximately 2.4 percent of the population, over 6.8 million Americans, marked an identification with two or more races.

As is the case with many racial and ethnic groups, the multiracial population is not evenly distributed across the country. Hawaii has the largest multiracial population with 24.1 percent of its population identifying with two or more races. Alaska follows a distant second with 5.4 percent identifying as multiracial. The five least multiracial states (Mississippi, West Virginia, Maine, Alabama and South Carolina) all have multiracial populations of less than 1 percent.

For more on the geography of the U.S. multiracial population, see our multiracial map
.

Number of Races Selected

Number

Percent of Total

Percent of Multiracial

Two Races

1,547

0.81%

93.87%

Three Races

78

0.04%

4.73%

Four Races

5

0.00%

0.30%

Five Races

18

0.01%

1.09%

Six Races

0

0.00%

0.00%

Multiple Race Combinations by Frequency

Rank

Multiple Race Selection

Number

Percent of Total Population

Percent of Multiple Race Population

1.

White and American Indian

511

0.27%

31.01%

2.

White and Black

351

0.18%

21.30%

3.

White and Some Other Race

281

0.15%

17.05%

4.

White and Asian

144

0.08%

8.74%

5.

Black and Some Other Race

63

0.03%

3.82%

6.

Asian and Some Other Race

53

0.03%

3.22%

7.

Black and American Indian

49

0.03%

2.97%

8.

Black and Asian

30

0.02%

1.82%

9.

White and Black and American Indian

28

0.01%

1.70%

10.

White and Black and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

17

0.01%

1.03%

11.

White and Black and Some Other Race

16

0.01%

0.97%

12.

American Indian and Asian

15

0.01%

0.91%

13.

Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

15

0.01%

0.91%

14.

American Indian and Some Other Race

12

0.01%

0.73%

15.

White and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

11

0.01%

0.67%

16.

White and American Indian and Some Other Race

8

0.00%

0.49%

17.

Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

7

0.00%

0.42%

18.

White and Black and Asian

7

0.00%

0.42%

19.

White and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

6

0.00%

0.36%

20.

Black and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

5

0.00%

0.30%

21.

Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race

4

0.00%

0.24%

22.

White and Asian and Some Other Race

4

0.00%

0.24%

23.

White and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

3

0.00%

0.18%

24.

White and American Indian and Asian

2

0.00%

0.12%

25.

White and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race

2

0.00%

0.12%

26.

White and Black and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

2

0.00%

0.12%

27.

American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

1

0.00%

0.06%

28.

White and Black and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race